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Five Spiritual Commitments That Could Change Your 2026 Following a very disappointing 1959 football season for the Green Bay Packers,...

A Year of Faithfulness   Exodus 20:14 says, “Do not commit adultery.” To me, the day after Christmas always feels a little strange....

The Nearness of God Exodus 20:13 says, “Do not murder.” Well…. Merry Christmas! I figured the Friday before Christmas that I would...

A Forgotten Virtue Exodus 20:12 says, “Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your...

A Sacred Rhythm Exodus 20:8-11 says, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy: You are to labor six days and do all your work, but the...

Hey Church!  I love Christmas!  The birth of our Savior … angels proclaiming the Good News for ALL people … Nativity scenes and...

The Name Matters Recovering the Weight of a Holy Name Exodus 20:7 says, “Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord...

Confronting Idols Exodus 20:4–6 “Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the...

Many Gods? In 2014, a group of atheists sponsored what they called the “Ten Non-Commandments Contest.” The competition offered $10,000...

Green Acres Serves Our church is a serving church. October 25-31 has been designated as Serve Week, where we challenged our Connect Groups...

Rest for the Restless I have something that I must admit to you. I love people watching. When I envision myself as an old man…. I see...

Finding Peace in a Culture of Outrage It is clear that we are living in an age of outrage. It simply seems to be as common as the air we...

Hope for the Next Generation If you recall the message from this past Sunday, you will remember that every generation is distinct, yet they...

The Church in a Lonely World We live in what many are calling the “loneliness epidemic.” However, this is not simply a metaphor or an...

Trust The Word It is very clear that we live in an age marked by both information overload and overwhelming confusion. There has never been...

The Certainty of Christ in a World of Chaos Every morning, before we even pour our first cup of coffee, the headlines remind us that the...

Battle Ready: Committed to Prayer Paul has spent the better part of Ephesians reminding believers who they are in Christ: chosen before the...

Battle Ready: Clothed in Christ Paul’s final words in Ephesians are not the musings of a tired apostle. They are the rallying cry of a...

Battle Ready: Standing Firm in Christ On the night of April 18, 1775, the steeple of Boston’s Old North Church served as a lighthouse to...

Living Under the Authority of Christ A number of years ago, a team of archaeologists found an ancient workshop near Ephesus. Inside were...

Spirit-Filled Living If you were to go today to Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, you would find the 18th–century USS Constitution....

Green Acres Update Green Acres SERVES! God continues to amaze me with all that He continues to do in our church and through our church....

Hello Church Family! As I think back on all that’s happened this past Summer, I can’t help but smile at God’s faithfulness. We have...

The Posture of Growth: 8 Humble Declarations That Grow My Faith By Hixon Frank   Earlier this week, I received the most unique...

Imitating the Light in a Dim World In a culture slowly losing its grip on truth and quickly redefining love, morality, and purpose, the...

Distinct in Christ: A Call to Stand Apart We are living in a time when moral categories are becoming increasingly blurred, and personal...

The Liberty to Grow This week has been heavy for our church. It is difficult, if not impossible, to put into words what Pastor David means...

The Fullness of Christ Through Prayer What if I told you that the greatest power available to the Christian life is not found in strategy,...

When the Church Goes Silent: Proclaiming Christ in an Age of Maintenance On the freezing cold night of April 15, 1912, over 1,500 people...

Reconciliation, Unity, and the Glory of the Gospel Throughout human history, it seems to be haunted by walls. From the Berlin Wall to the...

Grace Resurrects the Soul Are you really alive? At first glance, you would immediately say, yes! If you can read,then you are alive! It...

Plugged Into Power There is a haunting irony in the story of Itasca, Texas. After losing 263 children in a tragic school fire just before...

Chosen to Worship Worship is the unavoidable posture of every human heart. The question is not whether we worship but whom we worship and...

Hold Fast – Never Surrender “I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is...

Grace Pursues the Guilty We love family movie nights at our house. It’s one of those simple but sacred rhythms—everyone gathered after...

Bold Life of Prayer We have a common saying at our church: every number has a name, every name has a story, and every story matters to God....

Blessed Assurance Doubt is a common feeling for the world. Doubt fills our minds and fuels our fears. Doubt is a constant blanket of...

Birthmarks of the Reborn We live in an age of moral relativism (the individual determines morality) and theological ambiguity. However, the...

This week I had the distinct honor of being invited by our U.S. Congressman, Nathaniel Moran, to open a session of the U.S. House of...

Church Family, Have you noticed the blooming azaleas? We live in a beautiful city with new life springing from the ground. As we enter...

Fear and Fear Not  I remember sitting before a panel of high-ranking fire officials when I was just eighteen, hoping to become a...

Love Redefined  “All you need is love!” Thanks to the Beatles, we understand that this is all we need in life. The problem is not the...

The Call to Discernment in a Culture of Deception According to the dictionary, discernment is the ability to judge well. However, there is...

The Cure for the Condemned Heart When most people think about exercising the heart, they imagine running, lifting weights, or engaging in...

The Real Problem in Life On the entrance gate of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the infamous words were displayed: Arbeit Macht Frei,...

Over the past two weeks, Pastor Michael and I have had the privilege of working alongside a ministry in India that has planted hundreds of...

The Love of God Throughout history, you can find stories of unexpected moments of grace. Some of these stories are big and some are small....

Eternity in Mind If you focus on eternity, it makes you ponder the question, am I ready to meet Jesus? An eternal focus has a way of...

Awaken Our Hearts You have all heard the saying, “You snooze, you lose!” A 2023 study suggests that hitting the snooze on your alarm...